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Capital stock

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Retained earnings

Prepaid rent

Dividends

Unexpired insurance

Income summary

Office supplies

Rental fees earned

Rental equipment

Salaries expense

Accumulated depreciation: Rental equipment

Maintenance expense

Notes payable

Utilities expense

Accounts payable

Rent expense

Interest payable

Office supplies expense

On December 1, 2015, John and Patty Driver formed a corporation called Susquehanna Equipment Rentals. The new corporation was able to begin operations immediately by purchasing the assets and taking over the location of Rent-It, an equipment rental company that was going out of business. The newly formed company uses the following accounts:

Salaries payable

Depreciation expense

Dividends payable

Interest expense

Unearned rental fees

Income taxes expense

Income taxes payable

 

 

     The corporation performs adjusting entries monthly. Closing entries are performed annually on December 31. During December, the corporation entered into the following transactions:

 

Dec. 1

Issued to John and Patty Driver 20,000 shares of capital stock in exchange for a total of $200,000 cash.

Dec. 1

Purchased for $240,000 all of the equipment formerly owned by Rent-It. Paid $140,000 cash and issued a one-year note payable for $100,000. The note, plus all 12-months of accrued interest, are due November 30, 2016.

Dec. 1

Paid $12,000 to Shapiro Realty as three months' advance rent on the rental yard and office formerly occupied by Rent-It.

Dec. 4

Purchased office supplies on account from Modern Office Co., $1,000. Payment due in 30 days. (These supplies are expected to last for several months; debit the Office Supplies asset account.)

Dec. 8

Received $8,000 cash as advance payment on equipment rental from McNamer Construction Company. (Credit Unearned Rental Fees.)

Dec. 12

Paid salaries for the first two weeks in December, $5,200.

Dec. 15

Excluding the McNamer advance, equipment rental fees earned during the first 15 days of December amounted to $18,000, of which $12,000 was received in cash.

Dec. 17

Purchased on account from Earth Movers, Inc., $600 in parts needed to repair a rental tractor. (Debit an expense account.) Payment is due in 10 days.

Dec. 23

Collected $2,000 of the accounts receivable recorded on December 15.

Dec. 26

Rented a backhoe to Mission Landscaping at a price of $250 per day, to be paid when the backhoe is returned. Mission Landscaping expects to keep the backhoe for about two or three weeks.

Dec. 26

Paid biweekly salaries, $5,200.

Dec. 27

Paid the account payable to Earth Movers, Inc., $600.

Dec. 28

Declared a dividend of 10 cents per share, payable on January 15, 2016.

Dec. 29

Susquehanna Equipment Rentals was named, along with Mission Landscaping and Collier Construction, as a co-defendant in a $25,000 lawsuit filed on behalf of Kevin Davenport. Mission Landscaping had left the rented backhoe in a fenced construction site owned by Collier Construction. After working hours on December 26, Davenport had climbed the fence to play on parked construction equipment. While playing on the backhoe, he fell and broke his arm. The extent of the company's legal and financial responsibility for this accident, if any, cannot be determined at this time. ( Note: This event does not require a journal entry at this time, but may require disclosure in notes accompanying the statements.)

Dec. 29

Purchased a 12-month public-liability insurance policy for $9,600. This policy protects the company against liability for injuries and property damage caused by its equipment. However, the policy goes into effect on January 1, 2016, and affords no coverage for the injuries sustained by Kevin Davenport on December 26.

Dec. 31

Received a bill from Universal Utilities for the month of December, $700. Payment is due in 30 days.

Dec. 31

Equipment rental fees earned during the second half of December amounted to $20,000, of which $15,600 was received in cash.

Data for Adjusting Entries

a. The advance payment of rent on December 1 covered a period of three months.

b. The annual interest rate on the note payable to Rent-It is 6 percent.

c. The rental equipment is being depreciated by the straight-line method over a period of eight years.

d. Office supplies on hand at December 31 are estimated at $600.

e. During December, the company earned $3,700 of the rental fees paid in advance by McNamer Construction Company on December 8.

f. As of December 31, six days' rent on the backhoe rented to Mission Landscaping on December 26 has been earned.

g. Salaries earned by employees since the last payroll date (December 26) amounted to $1,400 at month-end.

h. It is estimated that the company is subject to a combined federal and state income tax rate of 40 percent of income before income taxes (total revenue minus all expenses other than income taxes). These taxes will be payable in 2016.

Record the issuance of cash.

Record the purchase of equipment formerly owned by Rent-It.

Record the payment of rent in advance for three months.

Record the purchase of office supplies on account.

Record the cash received as advance payment on equipment rental.

Record the salaries paid for the first two weeks.

Record the rental fees earned in first 15 days of December.

Record the purchase of repair parts on account.

Record the collection of an accounts receivable.

Record the rental of backhoe.

Record the payment of biweekly payroll.

Record the payment of account payable to Earth Movers, Inc.

Record the dividend declared.

Record the entry of lawsuit.

Record the purchase of 12-month liability policy.

Record the utilities for December.

Record the rental fees earned in the second half of December.

Record the rent expense for December.

Record the interest on note payable to Rent-It.

Record the depreciation for December.

Record the office supplies used during the month.

Record the portion of advance payment by McNamer Construction Co.

Record the fees earned from Mission Landscaping on backhoe rental.

Record the accrued salaries payable at month-end.

Record the income taxes for December.

Record the entry to close revenue earned to income summary.

Record the entry to close all expense accounts to income summary.

Record the entry to transfer net income earned in 2015 to the retained earnings account.

Record the entry to transfer dividends declared in 2015 to the retained earnings account.

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